Права на природата – насред екологичната есхатология и правната теория

Author(s): Stoyan Stavru / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1-2/2016

With the increase of the ecological problems and most of all with the increase of the adverse to human beings climate changes, the question of nature protection from human impact is (more) often raised. This brings a number of ethical and legal questions, including those with the potential to change the subjective structure of the currently existing law. The article attempts to systematize the holders of legal personhood and to locate potential areas for the rights of nature in the law structure. We could outline a “full range of legal entities”, which includes two major categories: physical persons and legal entities. Physical persons can be divided into two groups: people (human persons) and other individuals (nonhuman persons). Legal entities can also be divided into two groups: social entities, the most common of which are corporations, and natural entities, the most common of which are ecosystems. So the outlined categories and groups are symmetric: on one side there are animals as “nonhuman” physical persons and natural formations as legal entities, and on the other side – people as “human” physical persons and their social formations as legal entities. This symmetry in the delineation of possible legal personhoods creates conditions for balance on a structural level – at the level of structure of law there are already comparable mechanisms for balancing the interests of people with those of animals, and the interests of corporations with those of ecosystems.

ЖЕНСКОЕ ОБРЕЗАНИЕ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ ДАГЕСТАН: СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНЫЕ ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ И КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ

Author(s): Saida Valerevna Sirazhudinova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2016

This article examines the practice of female genital mutilation in the Republic of Dagestan. The secrecy of this issue requires empirical analysis. We aimed to review the data of empirical research in the Republic of Dagestan. The results of the study allow to reveal the problem of the existence of female circumcision in the Republic of Dagestan, to learn about its prevalence, causes, purposes and types. In the article the focus is on the conceptual understanding of sociological, anthropological and cultural concepts used to describe the causes and determinants of the problem. In this article analysis is focused on the general theoretical concepts of control of women’s sexuality. Female genital mutilation (FGM) practice is rooted in religion beliefs and patriarchal attitudes within a frame of sexual and mental oppression of women such as control of women’s sexuality. For many girls, undergoing FGM, it is a traumatic experience that may adversely affect their physical and mental health. This article intends to investigate the religious and socio-cultural determinants of FGM practice. It draws examples from communities in Dagestan that practice FGM as a rite of religious initiation and a symbol of belonging to the tribal community. Religious leaders (traditional Islam and Salafi) try to preserve and popularize the hidden tradition of female circumcision, citing contradictory religious sources.

Разрешаване на конфликтни ситуации в училище от учители медиатори

Author(s): Tatyana Dronzina,Biserka Mihaleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2017

Life is too short to waste time, energy and stress in dragging the unresolved conflict – especially if it makes you suffer every day. Frequent clashes with violence in schools seem hopeless. Obviously, we can not approach in the same way, i.e. applying only disciplinary punishments and expect a different result. We need to use actual working instruments. Mediation is a powerful tool for resolving conflict situations in school. In school mediation that is also known as school intervention meetings are held in order to achieve mutually satisfying dispute resolution, supported by a neutral third party (mediator) in the cozy space of open dialogue and partnership. School mediation is an effective method for the so called “win-win” resolution of disputes, enabling both sides involved in the conflict to win and continue their relations, having mutual interest. It is possible to transform disputes by school mediation before they have occurred. It is also possible to transfer disagreements into creative energy. The article presents various conflict situations, real for Bulgarian school, and a way that they can be resolved by the teachers-mediators.

Аболиционизмът и механизмите му за взаимодействие с гражданското общество в Нова Англия през 30-те и 40-те години на XIX в.

Author(s): Borislav Momchilov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The article highlights various approaches and mechanisms of abolitionist movement and its influence over civil society in New England during 1830s – 1840s. Such type of study is important for bygone events, their explanation, and interpretation for placing them in the modern world. Different types of interpretation provide an opportunity for reflection on the construction of a modern civil society in New England. Research on this issue is undoubtedly a reflection on historical recursion providing an updated look at the events.

Партньорство училище – родители

Author(s): Yanka Takeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

Театрализираната дейност в процеса на социализация на децата със специални образователни потребности

Author(s): Pelagia Terziyska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The article examines the theatrical activity as a mean for enriching the social experience of small students with SEN and the successful realization of the process of their socialization. The analysis points out the tasks, the rules, the criteria for researching the effectiveness of theatrical activity in this process. Results, by own empirical research, are presented.

From a Poetics of Space to a Politics of Place: The Topographical Turn in Literary Studies

Author(s): Elżbieta Rybicka / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

The article’s subject is a topographical turn in literary research, considered in association with the spatial turn in humanities. It in particular concerns contemporary reconfigurations, both in the area of new concepts of space and the discipline itself which is open today for circulation of ideas and notions from other areas. The essay indicates the main directions of interest of the research current in question, including e.g.: new regionalism; ecocriticism; literary urban studies; relations between literary representations of space and individual/collective identity; interrelations between literature and geography. Characterised are the basic determinants of new concepts of space, e.g. connecting spatiality with temporality, reinstated category of site, interest in hybrid(ic)/transitive spaces and heterotopias, and the fundamental shift in the perspective – from a poetics of space to one of site.

Градината – място на биокултурно разнообразие

Author(s): Petar Petrov,Valentina Ganeva-Raycheva,Dessislava Dimitrova,Teodora Ivanova,Yulia Boseva,Yana Yancheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The first part of the article presents the theoretical and methodological basis of the study of interconnections and interactions between the social and plant world in gardens, with an emphasis on the concept of biocultural diversity. Experience from collaborative field studies of ethnologists and botanists has been shared. The second part presents observations and reflections on the garden as a multilayered topos: an economic but also an aestheticized place; a place of conservation of genetic resources and knowledge, but also of experiments and innovation; a place where the diversity and composition reflects social relations, hierarchies and conflicts, social mobility and migration, memory of important events and loved ones, cultural orientations and values. The analysis shows that the garden is characterized by constant doing and incompleteness, that it is a place where people bring together different spaces and times and that each garden has its own biography that reflects the life trajectories of its owners.

Mimesis i anthropos albo o przymusie naśladownictwa. Dawkins – Tarde – Girard

Author(s): Dobrosława Wężowicz-Ziółkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 19/2018

Memetics is one of contemporary, posthumanist theories of culture. It postulates that the fundamental mechanism of replicating non-genetic information is imitation (Dawkins) and thus social life and culture exist as a result of our minds’ susceptibility to the units of imitation, known as memes. This article presents a critical synthesis of the stance memeticians take on human mimetism, and through exploration of other concepts (philosophical, sociological, anthropological, psychological and neurobiological) reinforces memetics’ basic premise that human beings are mimetic animals.

Психосоциални и медицински аспекти при проследяване на случай с Lues – норми, забрани и предразсъдъци

Author(s): Milena Dimitrova,Rositsa Doynovska,Dancho Dilkov,Trayanka Grigorova,Galina Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

Nowadays, syphilis is both a well-known and a forgotten disease, due to the rarer morbidity and higher effectiveness in the treatment of the infection. Despite that, it poses a challenge, one formed out of, on one hand, the work of the multidisciplinary team/APL, a nurse, an infectionist, a psychiatrist, a dermatologist, a psychologist/and, on the other hand, the prejudices and fears of the patient and his relatives. This is due to the fact that it is most commonly a blood-borne or sexually transmitted and can affect all organs in the human body, causing severe, lasting consequences - both physical and psychological in nature. The high variability of symptoms, the possibility of developing the disease in a wide time range after infection, the need for a complex approach to working with patients all lead to difficulties in the diagnosing and timely treatment of syphilis. This article examines in detail a clinical case of newly-diagnosed neurosyphilis – from the doctor's office to the difficult way out of it, trying to answer the question: Is it possible to have a happy ending in a rather strict, stigmatizing society.

Modern methods in teaching - learning - assessing biology

Author(s): Cosmina Ioana Livia Ancheş / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

The use of the interactive methods in biology lessons -based on the needs of students - is not only away to attract students to school performance which leads to a formative dynamic character and open to the development of various theoretical and practical students’ skills, but it is also a way to arouse students’ interest and motivation.

W poszukiwaniu perspektywy zoocentrycznej w kinie niefikcjonalnym. Przykład produkcji filmowej Stowarzyszenia Otwarte Klatki

Author(s): Patrycja Chuszcz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 9/2022

Patrycja Chuszcz’s aim in this article is to analyze the film productions of the Open Cages Association, which works for so-called farm animal rights, and to inquire about the attempt to go beyond the anthropocentric perspective in the audiovisual materials created by this organization. She begins her considerations by outlining the tradition of non-fiction film about animals. She discusses the current search for the zoocentric perspective in cinema by documentary and visual artists. Next she analyzes the film productions of the Open Cages Association. She compares the organization’s films with the perspective resulting from interviews with its members and with the literaturę on the subject. The analysis shows that activists – despite contesting a certain sector of modern civilization (related to industrial livestock production) – rely on the broader and prevailing technological-cultural paradigm. This borrowing is manifested, among other things, in the use of an anthropocentric perspective and anthropomorphism in the films created by the Open Cages Association. However, activists adopt this attitude consciously, following the perspective of effective altruism.

ЖЕНСКЕ ФИГУРЕ У ФРАНЦУСКИМ СРЕДЊОВЕКОВНИМ БЕСТИЈАРИЈУМИМА: БИОЛОГИЈА КРОЗ ПРИЗМУ ИДЕОЛОГИЈЕ

Author(s): Marija Panić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 78/2022

L’article examine la représentation et la valorisation de la féminité dans le corpus formé par cinq bestiaires français traditionnels du XIIe et du XIIIe siècle : le Bestiaire de Philippe de Thaon, le Bestiaire de Gervaise, Le Bestiaire divin de Guillaume de Normandie, le Bestiaire de Pierre de Beauvais et le Bestiaire du pseudo-Pierre de Beauvais. Notre analyse démontre que les figures féminines (humaines et animales) sont représentées dans le corpus conformément avec l’idéologie de cette époque, notamment avec la valorisation des sexes dans le Moyen Âge, héritée de la culture judéo-chrétienne et de l’antiquité grecque et latine.

The neurobiology of curiosity as a lesson for teachers

Author(s): Dragoş Grigorescu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The central idea of the present text is to show that in the formation of the students of tomorrow's world, a fundamental role belongs to the idea of curiosity. Scientific knowledge has recently become, thanks to technological development and the increasingly computerized era, a way of life in which the skills to understand and handle the applications and software increasingly present in everyday life have become inherent requirements of a life quality. Therefore, there is a need for education based on scientific knowledge to be much more present in the school curriculum of the students who will form tomorrow's society. Perhaps one of the most effective means by which students benefit from a science education is the systematic stimulation of native curiosity. We show some ethological and neurological foundations of curiosity that we consider sufficient for a reformulation of standard pedagogy.

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in Russia and in the USSR: some aspects of translation and publication

Author(s): Mikhail B. Konashev / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2021

The translation of Ch. Darwin’s main and most well-known book, On the Origin of Species, had great significance for the reception and development of his evolution theory in Russia and later in the USSR, and for many reasons. The history of the book’s publication in Russian in tsarist Russia and in the Soviet Union is analyzed in detail.The first Russian translation of On the Origin of Species was made by Sergey A. Rachinsky in 1864. Till 1917 On the Origin of Species had been published more than ten times, including the publication in Darwin’s collected works. The edition of 1907– –1909 with Timiryazev as editor had the best quality of translation and scientific editing. This translation was used in all subsequent Soviet and post-Soviet editions. During Soviet time, On the Origin of Species was published seven times in total, and three times as a part of Darwin’s collected works.From 1940 to 1987, as a result of the domination of Lysenkoism in Soviet biology, On the Origin of Species was not published in the USSR.During the post-Soviet period, the book was published only two times, and it happened already in the 21st century. The small number of editions of Darwin’s main book in post-Soviet time is one of the consequences of the discredit of the evolutionary theory in mass media and by the Russian Orthodox Church as well as the rise of neo-Lysenkoism.The general circulation of nine pre-revolutionary editions of On the Origin of Species was about 30,000–35,000 copies. Only four editions which had been released in the USSR from 1926 to 1937 had the total circulation in 79,200 copies. Two post-Soviet editions published in 2001 and in 2003 had already a circulation of only 1,000 copies. Subsequent editions in each period of Russian history was thus some kind of an answer to the scientific, political and social requirements of the Russian society and the Russian state.

Dzikie rośliny w leczeniu codziennych dolegliwości Lasowiaków (na podstawie badań Franciszka Kotuli)

Author(s): Lidia Maria Czyż / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

Medical first aid is needed at any time, in any community of people. This is may be difficult for groups isolated because of their place of residence. The ethnographic group of Lasowians, once inhabiting the region of the Sandomierz Primeval Forest, was extremely interesting because of its origins and daily occupations. This area was comprehensively explored by participants of the so-called research camps, organised by the Regional Museum in Rzeszów during the years 1960–1970. The research was mainly initiated by the historian and specialist in regional studies Franciszek Kotula (1900–1983). Those observing the daily life of the Lasowian villages, interviewed individuals who, being of middle age, could remember the realities and various aspects of their ancestors’ daily life. The various domains investigated included treatment of common illnesses with the use of wild or cultivated plants. The related findings, in a form of research reports, today are in the holdings of the Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów. Analysis of these research reports, by reference to a Polish herbarium, as well as The Book of Herbs by Simon Syrenius, and contemporary literature discussing medicinal plants, shows that the use of plants in rural medicine changed little over the centuries. It is also interesting to consider the origins of medical knowledge presented by those providing premedical care, the question being whether the expertise was based on their own experience and long-standing practice, or perhaps the knowledge was transferred from written sources, present in the manor houses of the nobility, commonly employing rural women. In the 1930s, the areas inhabited by Lasowians were incorporated into the newly established Central Industrial Region, which radically changed the everyday living conditions of this ethnographic group. Its traditions are cultivated by amateur folk ensembles whereas the unique artefacts of Lasowian heritage are collected in the Ethnographic Park established in Kolbuszowa.

Ewolucja pojęcia jakości i metod otrzymywania olejków eterycznych; znaczenie w historii nauk medycznych wybranych olejków eterycznych z obszaru Morza Śródziemnego

Author(s): Małgorzata Biniecka,Małgorzata Wrześniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

Many scientific works indicate that essential oils are used in the treatment of many diseases and are of particular importance in aromatherapy, given the science of the existing balance between the mental, neurological, endocrine and immune systems. The paper will take into account the evolution of the methods of obtaining essential oils, methods of testing their quality and use. In addition, selected essential oils produced and used in the Mediterranean area will be described.

Najstarszy zachowany leksykon przyrodniczy na ziemiach polskich. Z warsztatu filologa i wydawcy. Kwestie edytorskie, perspektywy badawcze

Author(s): Piotr Wolski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2023

This article presents the main issues related to the development and critical edition of the oldest manuscript entirely devoted to the subject of botanical, zoological and pharmaceutical and originating from Poland. Such an issue requires a more detailed discussion and precise presentation to a broad audience not only due to the specific and atypical nature of the research papers, differences in the development of common-use Latin texts and literary texts but also due to its importance for other fields of science: the history of pharmacy and medicine. The article comprises the initial status quaestionis over the manuscript number ms225 – the opus of Jan Stanko, dated 1472, stored away in the Archives of the Krakow Cathedral Chapter. The manuscript has not yet been the subject of a detailed study; some crucial remarks on its subject are included in Józef Rostafiński’s Średniowieczna Historya Naturalna w Polsce, published in Cracow in 1900. By profession, Rostafiński was a botanist, thus his coverage vastly differs from the method in which the text would be analysed by a classical philologist and a book publisher. The article provides preliminary findings on the history of the manuscript, its characteristics and peculiarities, and also raises issues related to the methodology of codicological research facilitating the understanding of the text, including the complexity of the lexis used in the text. Parles the specifics of research on ancient texts that are not Piotr Wolski literary works. The final part of the article illustrates the main objectives: source and linguistic research, the principles of editorial work, as well as further research perspectives.

Проблемите на медицината и здравеопазването в СССР след Втората световна война на страниците на съветската специализирана преса

Author(s): Vladimir Gamza / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

The article shows how the trends and problems in the development of medicine and health care in the former USSR in the post-war period are reflected in the specialized Soviet journals. The article analyzes how the following topics are considered in medical newspapers and magazines: the relationship between science and practical medicine, the use of innovative technologies for the treatment of various diseases, the features and principles of management of the healthcare system, the influence of political and ideological factors on the processes of decision-making in the field of medicine and health care, etc. The content, structure and specifics of some printed publications are examined in detail. Special attention is paid to the popular science journal “Zdorovye“ (Здоровье) - “Health“

Интервю на А. Касабова и К. Попова с д-р И. Панова – „Изоставените деца на България няма кой… едно време нямаше кой да се оплаква за тях, и ние бяхме техните родители“

Author(s): Anelia Kassabova,Kristina Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023